Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

3 / Jan / 1900 (125 years old)

Place of Birth

Staunton, Virginia, USA

Also Known As

Billy Haines
Charles William Haines

William Haines

William Haines (born Charles William Haines; January 2, 1900 - December 26, 1973) was a star American comedy actor of the late Silent and early "talkie" eras.

Known For

8.3

Fast Life

6 / Dec / 1932

8.0

Wine of Youth

2 / Sep / 1924

7.4

West Point

7 / Jan / 1928

7.1

Show People

3 / Nov / 1928

7.0

Navy Blues

6 / Dec / 1929

6.9

Little Annie Rooney

1 / Oct / 1925

6.9

Spring Fever

7 / Oct / 1927

6.3

Tell It to the Marines

5 / Dec / 1926

6.3

The Big Parade of Comedy

4 / Sep / 1964

6.2

Souls for Sale

1 / Apr / 1923

Credits

Acting

2001

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Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

as Self (Archival footage)

1964

•

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

1934

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The Marines Are Coming

as Lt. William 'Wild Bill' Traylor

1934

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Young and Beautiful

as Robert Preston

1932

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Are You Listening?

as Bill Grimes

1932

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Fast Life

as Sandy

1931

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Just a Gigolo

as Robert Brummel

1931

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New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

as Wallingford

1931

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The Stolen Jools

as Bill Haines

1931

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A Tailor-Made Man

as John Paul Bart

1930

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Estrellados

as Self (Guest Appearance)

1930

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Free and Easy

as A Guest

1930

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Remote Control

as William J. Brennan

1930

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Way Out West

as Windy

1930

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The Girl Said No

as Tom Ward

1929

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The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self

1929

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A Man's Man

as Mel

1929

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Speedway

as Bill Whipple

1929

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Navy Blues

as Jack Kelly

1929

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The Duke Steps Out

as Duke

1928

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Show People

as Billy Boone

1928

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West Point

as Brice Wayne

1928

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The Smart Set

as Tommy Van Buren

1928

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Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Jimmy Valentine

1928

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Excess Baggage

as Eddie Kane

1928

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Telling the World

as Don Davis

1927

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Spring Fever

as Jack Kelly

1927

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Slide, Kelly, Slide

as Jim Kelly

1927

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A Little Journey

as George Manning

1926

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Tell It to the Marines

as Private Skeet Burns

1926

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Brown of Harvard

as Tom Brown

1926

•

Mike

as Harlan

1926

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Memory Lane

as Joe Field

1926

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Lovey Mary

as Billy Wiggs

1925

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Little Annie Rooney

as Joe Kelly

1925

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The Tower of Lies

as August

1925

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1925 Studio Tour

as Self (uncredited)

1925

•

A Slave of Fashion

as Dick Wayne

1925

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Sally, Irene and Mary

as Jimmy Dungan

1925

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The Denial

as Lyman - Lover in Flashback

1925

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Who Cares

as Martin

1924

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The Wife of the Centaur

as Edward Converse

1924

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Wine of Youth

as Hal Martin

1924

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Three Weeks

as Curate

1924

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True As Steel

as Gilbert Morse

1924

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The Midnight Express

as Jack Oakes

1924

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Circe the Enchantress

as William Craig

1924

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So This Is Marriage?

1923

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Three Wise Fools

as Gordon Schuyler

1923

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Souls for Sale

as Pinkey - Assistant Director

Art

1936

•

Craig's Wife

Production Design

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